I have MacTeX 2013 basic installed, and I use TexLive to get packages I need for my writing. Recently TexLive told me that the repository is now only for a newer version than what I have installed. I ...

I have downloaded TexLive 2015 DVD, and it appears that Linux Commands can be used to install TexLive.
I went to the TexLive website, and they suggest using the MacTex Distribution which agains is a ...

After updating the OSX in my mac from Yosemite to El Capitan, I am not being able to compile any latex file in TexShop. I downloaded and reinstalled MacTex package but still get the error "/usr/texbin/...

So i've been trying for a long, long time to install and use latex on my mac. I started, about a year ago, by installing MacTeX: it didn't work then. I was given a sample file by a colleague and the ...

I currently have a working MacTex 2014 installation and Homebrew installation on OS 10.10.3, and am about to install MacTex 2015. But I'm concerned about permission issues. Both packages install in /...

I deleted my old TeXLive 2012 from my Mac (10.5.8). I downloaded the new MacTeX package and installed it successfully. TeXLive is found on directory usr/local/texlive/2013 BUT the GUI application is ...

I wanted to use the script mentioned here to install a local texmf structure on a Mac. When I click on the script, I get the message "Local texmf folder already exists," but when I click on "Take me ...

I am a linux user myself, and have been using TeX on Linux since the original "T" series of floppy disks as part of the initial Slackware distribution. However, my daughter uses a Mac (OS version 10....

I installed the 2017 Tex package earlier this year and I have managed to update using Tex Live Utility without any issues thus far.
I just lately installed Little Snitch and it flagged the mirror via ...

Last year I installed MacTeX 2016. Today I've installed MacTeX 2017. I did not delete the 2016 version, nor did I take any explicit steps to switch to the 2017 version except running the MacTeX 2017 ...

I am trying to compile a book with multiple indexes. I am using indextools package with splitindex. I need to modify the index delimiter so I have created a .ist file with this content:
delim_0 ": \\ ...

When I compile the following MWE with xelatex, compilation goes fine but I get this warning message: Font shape T1/TimesNewRoman(0)/m/n undefined(Font) using T1/cmr/m/n instead. The problem appeared ...

I looked at the TeXMaker website, and it lists two 64 bit binaries for OS X: MacOsx Lion/Mountain Lion/Maverick and MacOsx >=10.6. I wasn't sure which of these to download, as they seem to conflict ...

I'm trying to upgrade all my packages with Tex Live Utility on OS X Yosemite (10.10.5) running MacTeX-2015 on a MacBook Pro.
Package by package the installation went well, until the very end, when I ...

A while ago I installed MacTex Basic via Homebrew Cask, which installed it in /usr/local/texlive/2014basic and also set a whole bunch of symlinks in /Library, ~/Library and /usr.
After not using TeX ...

I downloaded MacTex.pkg, installed texshop, but I get the following error:
/Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex does not exist. TeXShop is a front end for TeX, but you also need a TeX distribution. Perhaps ...

Few days back, I had an installation of Mactex 2013 and it was working fine for my current writeup which included package psboxit.sty.
Due to some reasons, I had to remove that version (which I did ...

I try to install Mactex on my computer but I get message that it cant be written to the default location. Installing it portable I got problems with the editor and with pythontex (ok, I am a newbie :-)...

I'm helping someone who has a Mac
He is on OS X 10.8.5.
He installed MacTeX and added /usr/texbin to PATH.
He didn't bother installing pdflatex because it seems I got that for free with MacTeX.
The ...

When I use the following code to type Chinese text in TeXShop of macTeXIt reports an error
This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99999 (TeX Live 2018) (preloaded format=xelatex)
restricted \write18 ...

I am trying to create a custom snippet to include a string variable based on 'selection'. I cannot seem to figure out how to copy the current selection to a variable and use it within the snippet, for ...

LaTex friends,
I need your help configuring MacTeX, Texmaker (pdfLatex) and Python on a Mac.
I have received a file where a *.tex uses a Python and I just have no idea how to make this file work.
I ...

LaTeX fails to pass the command to bash even though PATH is specified. For example, I am trying to invoke texcount, which is in directory /Library/TeX/textbin. When I check echo $PATH, the output I ...

I have the BasicTex version of MacTeX installed on my machine. I would like to use the gui for tlmgr, but when I try to run it, I'm informed I need perl/tk. After some Internet searching it seems like ...